[Commlist] Call for papers - comments, hate speech, disinformation, and public communication regulation

The Agency for Electronic Media, Media Research scientific journal and 
co-organiser Scientific Council for the Theatre, Film, Radio and 
Television of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts invite you to 
the international scientific conference COMMENTS, HATE SPEECH, 
DISINFORMATION, AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION REGULATION

(Zagreb, Croatia, Sheraton hotel, 16 and 17 September 2021)

*In case of an unfavorable epidemiological situation, the conference 
will be held online.


We invite you to contribute with your scientific papers to theoretical 
discussions on issues of freedom of speech and censorship of public 
speech, comments on news portals and social networks, hate speech, 
disinformation as well as questions about media freedom, right to 
information, internet neutrality. At the conference, we would like to 
discuss, among other topics, issues such as how to contribute to the 
fight against disinformation and hate speech in the age of digital 
communication, which strategies are acceptable, which stakeholders 
should be involved and which place belongs to self-regulation and which 
to the regulatory system? How should legislation participate in this? 
What are the experiences of different national legal regulations? 
Information about the conference and how to apply for participation is 
available via the link https://conference2021.aem.hr/about/?lang=en 
<https://conference2021.aem.hr/about/?lang=en>

Keynote speakers:

Paolo Mancini:  Full Professor at Scienze Politiche at the Universita 
degli Studi di Perugia. His research interests focus on the relationship 
between mass communication systems and the political system, and on the 
study of electoral campaigns, where he has considerable comparative 
research experience.

Nina Springer: Senior Lecturer, studied Journalism at LMU Munich with 
Communications as a major and Political Science, Sociology, and 
Economics as minors. At LMUs Department of Media and Communication 
submitted Ph.D. thesis about user comments on online news sites in 2012.

Additional information:

   *   Applications for participation in the conference should be 
submitted by 15 May 2021 at –  
Application<https://conference2021.aem.hr/conference-application/?lang=en <https://conference2021.aem.hr/conference-application/?lang=en>>
   *   The application must include: information about the author(s) 
(contact, position) and a 350-word abstract in English  with key words.
   *   A notice of accepted presentations will be sent by 30 May 2021.
   *   The Book of Abstracts will be printed before the conference.
   *   Complete scientific papers must be submitted by 1 September 
2021. Papers should be written according to the Guidlines Instructions 
to Authors available on the conference website (scope, citing, listing 
literature, marking tables and graphs, and graphic elements).
   *   Scientific papers from the conference will enter the process of 
double international anonymous review.  Selected papers with the best 
reviews will be published in the special issue of the journal Medijska 
istraživanja/Media Research Journal 
[http://www.mediaresearch.cro.net<http://www.mediaresearch.cro.net/]www.mediaresearch.cro.net<http://www.mediaresearch.cro.net/>; 
https://hrcak.srce.hr/mediaresearch <https://hrcak.srce.hr/mediaresearch>
   *   All other papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings 
with international review.

Persons in charge of the conference:

   *   SECRETARY for participants and the programme part: Tamara Kunić, 
e-mail: (conference.program /at/ aem.hr)<mailto:(conference.program /at/ aem.hr)>
   *   SECRETARY for organisation issues: Sanja Pančić, e-mail: 
(conference.organisation /at/ aem.hr)<mailto:(conference.organisation /at/ aem.hr)>
   *   INITIATIVE COMMITTEE: Josip Popovac, graduate lawyer, Prof. Nada 
Zgrabljić Rotar, PhD
   *   ORGANISATION COMMITTEE: Josip Popovac, graduate lawyer, Prof. 
Nada Zgrabljić Rotar, PhD, Vanja Gavran, graduate sociologist, Sanja 
Pančić, professor, Tamara Kunić, MA in Journalism
   *   PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Boris Senker, F.C.A., Prof. Nada Zgrabljić 
Rotar, PhD, Prof. Danijel Labaš, PhD, Prof. Marina Mučalo, PhD, Prof. 
Melita Poler, PhD, Prof. Marko Milosavljevič, PhD, Associate prof. Ivan 
Balabanić, PhD, Associate prof. Hrvoje Lisičar, PhD, Associate prof. 
Enes Kulenović, PhD, Associate prof. Igor Vobič, PhD, Assistant prof. 
Lana Ciboci, PhD, Assistant prof. Gordan Akrap, PhD, Assistant prof. 
Tanja Kerševan Smokvina, PhD, Josip Popović, graduate lawyer, Vanja 
Gavran, graduate sociologist
   *   Conference location: Hotel Sheraton, Ul. Kneza Borne 2, Zagreb
   *   Accommodation of participants: Sharaton, International, Jadran
   *   Official languages of the conference: Croatian and English
   *   Participation fee: EUR 100

Organiser:

Agency for Electronic Media and Media Research scientific journal

Co-organiser: Scientific Council for the Theatre, Film, Radio and 
Television of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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